Device for hanging mirrors



DEVICE FOR HANGING MIRRORS Filed March '7, 1942 INVENTOR.

Bi-ooks E Bogerson Patented Nov. 10, 1942 FFlCE DEVICE FOR'HANGINGMIRRORS Brooks E. Rogerson, Chagrin Falls, Ohio Application March 7,1942, Serial No. 433,800 2 Claims. (01. 248-31) This invention relatesto an improved form of device for hanging a mirror or other article upona Wall, this device being especially useful in a display room.

In a display room, it is the usual custom to frequently change theposition of the mirrors, pictures and other mural hangings; and, if sucharticles be suspended from nails driven in the wall, the removal of thenails necessarily means the disfigurement of the wall because of theremaining holes or the removal of some of the plaster with the nails. Ineither case, such marring of the appearance of the wall is especiallyobjectionable in a professional display room.

For many years past, there have been employed the familiar S-shapedhooks for suspending a mirror or other article from the molding; andthere have been further attempts to provide a device by which such anarticle can be suspended from the molding at any desired elevationwithout having to change the length of the wire on the back of thearticle. Numerous patents have been granted upon this latter type ofdevice, as for instance that to Jackson et al., No. 717,859, January 6,1903.

The object of the present invention is to provide such a device that isextremely efficient and dependable and at the same time can bemanufactured in a very simple manner and sold at a popular price.

Other objects will appear from the following description and claims whenconsidered together with the accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 is a view illustrating the manner in which my device is intendedto be used;

Fig. 2 is a. perspective view of the hanger clip alone;

Fig. 3 is a view of the suspension wire alone.

It is to be understood that the present form of disclosure is merely forthe purpose of illustration and that there may be devised variousmodifications thereof without departing from the spirit of my inventionas herein set forth and claimed.

My present device comprises the suspension wire I and the hanger clip orclips 2 which are adjustably mounted thereupon. The wire I has its upperend formed as an open loop 3 which is adapted to be suspended from ascrew hook 4 secured in the familiar wall molding, while the lower endof the suspension wire I is flattened, as at 5, so as to prevent thehanger clip from accidentally slipping therefrom.

The hanger clip 2 has a hole 6 in its rear end 2a which is therebyadapted to be placed upon the open end of the loop 3 and slid thereaboutand along the straight part of the suspension wire I to any desiredpoint. The hole 6 is slightly larger than the diameter of the wire I soas to be freely slidable therealong and to have binding engagementtherewith when it is caused to assume downwardly inclined positionthereupon by the weight of the mirror or other article suspendedtherefrom.

The metal hanger clips 2 are made as duplicates and each of them is ofsubstantially oblong form with its length extending from its rear endtoward its front end. The rear part 2a thereof, with the hole 6, is offlat form and the front part 212, which is inclined upwardly and for-.

wardly therefrom, is a, continuation of the rear part 2a and is of thesame width and thickness as the rear part. The function of the upwardlyinclined part 2b is to receive and support the suspension wire of themirror or other article. If so desired, a plurality of hanger clips maybe placed upon the same wire I for supporting mirrors or other hangingsat different elevations.

The wire I may be of any suitable size, according to the weight; of themirror or other article to be suspended therefrom, and the hanger clipswill be of corresponding size for any particular size of wire. The wiresand hanger clips will be made up separately in quantities and laterassembled as required, it simply being necessary to place the hangerclip upon the looped end of the wire. The manufacture of these parts isnot at all involved but is rather simple and inexpensive. The loop 3 andthe hanger clip are so formed, with respect to each other, that thehanger clip can be placed upon the open end of the loop and movedthereabout, for assembly, in the manner stated.

The notable features of improvement in my present form of device are theparticular form of hanger clip which can be so easily manufactured andso conveniently packed for shipping; the same thing is true of the wireI which is reduced to the simplest form and in which the flattenedportion 5 occupies substantially the same plane as the loop 3, therebyfacilitating packing of this part of the device also; the two-foldfunction of the loop 3 which permits the hanger clips to be applied tothe wire or to be removed therefrom and which serves also as a means ofsupporting the device from a hook in the molding; also the convenientmanner in which the parts can be assembled for use; and finally theflattened end portion 5 which prevents the accidental removal of theclip or clips from the wire I.

All of these several features are of a very simple nature and this fact,coupled with the practical success of this device which has already beendemonstrated, is believed to recommend it for quite general adoption forthe purpose intended.

What I claim is:

1. A device for hanging mirrors and the like, comprising a wire providedwith means at its one end for suspending the same from a wall molding,and a hanger clip having a hole through the rear end portion thereof formounting the hanger clip upon the wire and having an upwardly inclinedforwardly projecting free-ended portion to receive and hold in the anglethereof the bight of the suspension wire of a mirror or the like, saidhanger clip consisting of but one separate and unattached substantiallyrectangular part of substantially the same width and thicknessthroughout its entire extent from the forward end to the rear endthereof, said hole being slightly larger than the diameter of said wireto which applied so as to be slidably adjustable therealong and capableof binding inclined engagement therewith for supporting the mirror inposition at any height desired.

2. A device for hanging a mirror or the like, comprising a wire providedwith an open loop at its one end for removably suspending the same froma hook in a wall molding, and a hanger clip formed of a substantiallyoblong separate and unattached one-piece body with a rear part of fiatform and an upwardly and forwardly inclined free-ended front partextending as a continuation of substantially the same form and width assaid rear part, said rear part having a hole therethrough slightlylarger in diameter than that of said wire so as to be slidablyadjustable therealong and capable of binding inclined engagementtherewith at any point desired, said front part being adapted to receiveremoving the same therefrom, and said wire having its lower endflattened so as to prevent accidental removal of the hanger cliptherefrom.

BROOKS E. ROGERSON.

